Samsung patent for roll-up TV spotted

[HEXUS]

Samsung TV rolls-up into a central vertical column rather than a horizontal base.

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[skubi2808]

Hi, in my opinion will be better from top to bottom whole tv should be installed on the celing like a projector screen will be nice just press the power on, on remote control and screen is open
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ADAM

[LSG501]

Yeah don't see the 'logic' in doing a TV this way, it will still up just as much space as a normal tv. I can see it working on a hand held device though (we were knocking out concepts like this 20-30 years ago)....

A TV needs to unroll vertically like the LG one does so it can be mounted in the ceiling or take up a small amount of space on a sideboard and allow it to roll up in front of a picture on the wall or something.

[Saracen999]

I can see the appeal of a roll-away TV, though I agree with the other "ceiling down" comments. But .... does it compromise screen quality, or reliability/longevity, and what does it do to price?

If it can pass those tests, then it may well be the way TVs will all be in x-years time, but personally it isn't something that would make me go out and buy a new TV. When my existing set packs up, and I'm buying anyway, then subject to the above, it might be a determining factor

I do, generally, like the idea of a hidden TV that is there when you want it, and doesn't burden the room with a huge black lump of glass when I don't want it.

It could be a sign of things to come possibly even roll-out horizontally, which overcomes the need for mounting frames, running leads snd power, etc, in the ceiling. IF they csn overcome those reservations.

[aidanjt]

'Wallpaper' TVs like LG's makes more sense to me than this. The market need for a roll-up TV is going to be very very limited.

[Zatoichi]

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Rolled up it works as a phone. Going to need a notional screen on it.
pulling it open and it snapping rigid, that's going to be the winner.

oh its a TV.

Blah.

[Saracen999]

'Wallpaper' TVs like LG's makes more sense to me than this. The market need for a roll-up TV is going to be very very limited.

Depends on personal taste,, I guess.

My ideal TV is one that's completely invisible, or hidden, until I want it. I find even those "wallpaper" TVs tend to ....dominate .... a room, to be or be in a major focal point. A TV should be like a really good butler .... invisible when you don't need it, and immediately to hand when you do.

Maybe I'm part of that very, very limited market but to me, a big TV is an eyesore, not some kind of status symbol. So, the physically smaller it is, the more unobtrusive and therefore the more I like it.